o9 Solutions positioned by Gartner as Furthest in Completeness of Vision in Challengers Quadrant on 2017 Magic Quadrant for Retail Assortment Management

DALLAS, Jan. 8, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- o9 Solutions is positioned furthest in completeness of vision in the Challengers quadrant of Gartner's September 2017 Magic Quadrant for Retail Assortment Management. The full report is available at https://www.o9solutions.com/gartner-retail.

Speaking on behalf of o9 Solutions, CEO, Co-Founder Chakri Gottemukkala said, "Gartner's positioning of o9 as the furthest in completeness of vision in the challengers quadrant is evidence [to me] of the trajectory we are on with our Premier A. I. Platform for Integrated Planning and Operations Management. Every leader should review this report in detail as the vendor strength section is especially exciting."

Innovations in o9's AI platform which their clients are finding invaluable include:

Ability to connect structured and unstructured data from within and outside the enterprise to detect risks and opportunities earlier;

Predictive and prescriptive analytics through seamless integration to open source libraries such as R enabling superior insights to be delivered into planning processes;

Scalability and performance improvements to do analytics and planning at big data volumes;

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ABOUT o9 Solutions, Inc.

o9 Solutions is a leading AI platform for driving digital transformations of integrated planning and operations capabilities. o9's clients span a variety of industries across manufacturing and retail supply chain. Whether it is processes driving demand, aligning demand and supply, or managing the P&L, they can all be made faster and smarter with o9's AI-powered digital solutions. Bringing together technology innovations—graph-based enterprise modeling, big data, analytics, algorithms, scenario planning, collaboration, easy-to-use interfaces, cloud-based delivery—into one platform, o9 creates systems that empower organizations with superior visibility, predictive and prescriptive insight, automation and collaboration to achieve high levels of productivity, speed and expertise in decision-making and execution.